First Dutch Carrotmob
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Environment, Trends & Marketing | 5 Comments »This Sunday the first Dutch Carrotmob is taking place in Amsterdam. The crew of Strawberry Earth asked around in bars in Amsterdam who would give the most for greening their bar, and the bar who offered the largest percentage will ...
Buena Vista Socialbar
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Design, Environment, Trends & Marketing, Web | No Comments »Yesterday I visited the Socialbar in Berlin, a monthly event where NGO meets web2.0. There were presentations of Karsten Wenzlaf from Nachhall Texter, who involved in the Obama campaign and presented his experiences, Florian Noto from the anti-nuclear campaign Atomausstieg ...
Yes Men Spread Spoof NY Times and Proclaim End of Iraq War
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Politics | 2 Comments »New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo. November 12, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SPECIAL TIMES EDITION BLANKETS U.S. CITIES, PROCLAIMS END TO WAR Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while ...
Reverse Graffity Actions by Greenpeace
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Energy & Climate | 5 Comments »Over the last months, Greenpeace activists have done several actions using reverse graffiti techniques. It seems the usage of clean or reverse graffiti is still on it's rise, since it is a technique both harmless for the environment and for ...
Communism didn’t Work, Capitalism doesn’t Work, You Work
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Politics | 5 Comments »Shame on me! I just missed joining Blog Action Day, where thousands of bloggers joined to write about poverty. Sitting in a funky train to Frankfurt, no time to be busy with this issue, ignoring the beggars and homeless as ...
Flashmobs in Hotpants to Fight Poverty
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Fashion, Trends & Marketing | 4 Comments »It's activism. It's marketing. It's sexy. It's fighting poverty. Pants to Poverty organizes Hotpants Flashmobs where young people gather on the streets in organic, fair trade underpants to fight poverty. Genious actions, they knwo what they are doing. And the ...
Creative Activism Party in Berlin
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Blog | 4 Comments »Just wanted to tip my Berlin readers to the release party of creative activism magazine Mašta: Mašta is a Berlin based global magazine for creative activists, "a collection of best practices of creative activism, where the mind of the artist merges ...